Ribozyme stability, exon skipping, and a potential role for RNA helicase in group I intron splicing by Coxiella burnetii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 5292-5299

  Hicks, Linda D ^a   Warrier, Indu ^a   Raghavan, Rahul ^b   Minnick, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEAD BOX PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RIBOZYME; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; RNA HELICASE; SINGLE STRANDED RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXON SKIPPING; HALF LIFE TIME; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; STOICHIOMETRY;

COXIELLA BURNETII; EXONS; INTRONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA HELICASES; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY; RNA, CATALYTIC;

COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80053618552     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05472-11     Document Type: Article

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